Cheapest€11.88
- KiwiRail KR311306:182h 21m08:39Bluebridge Ferry Picton TerminalWELLINGTON
Door to door 3h 51mCO2 7.7 kgChanges 0Changeable for a fee
Picton to Wellington ferry
Ferries from Picton to Wellington start at €11.88 and take 3h 46m at their fastest.
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Fares and seats move by the day. Price Picton to Wellington on the date you actually want, rather than on the date this page was built.
The Ferries from Picton to Wellington starts at €11.88 and takes 3h 46m door to door, run by 2 operators over 67 km, with around 2 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 90 days before departure.
- 3h 46mDoor to door
- 2h 16mMoving
- €11.88 to €14.09From
- 06:05 to 06:18First and last departure
- 2Per day
- 7.7 kgCO2
First and last are taken from the services we sell on September 20, 2026. The return direction keeps its own timetable and is not these times reversed.
€11.88 to €14.09 for one passenger across the 14 departure dates priced here. The low end is one day, not every day. Worked out from this corridor rather than held for anybody. The operator sets the price on the day.
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Buying this trip
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Fares by date
What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
- about €13.54Fri18
- about €14.09Sat19
- about €11.88Sun20
- about €11.88Mon21
- about €11.88Tue22
- about €11.88Wed23
- about €11.88Thu24
- about €11.88Fri25
- about €11.88Sat26
- about €11.88Sun27
- about €11.88Mon28
- about €11.88Tue29
- about €11.88Wed30
- about €11.88Thu1
Based on what this route has cost recently. The operator sets the price on the day, and the live fare is confirmed when you book.
The cheapest and the fastest on September 20, 2026
Fastest€11.88
- Strait Shipping SS602206:052h 16m08:21Bluebridge Ferry Picton TerminalWELLINGTON
Door to door 3h 46mCO2 7.7 kgChanges 0Changeable for a fee
Ferry operators
| Operator | Fastest |
|---|---|
| KiwiRail | 3h 43m |
| Strait Shipping | 3h 44m |
The ferry gets you into Wellington. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Wellington for the night the ferry gets in
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When to book Picton to Wellington
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €11.8890 days
- €11.8860 days
- €11.8845 days
- €11.8830 days
- €11.8821 days
- €11.8814 days
- €11.887 days
- €11.883 days
- €13.541 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 90 days ahead, at €11.88.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 14 percent. The most expensive point is €13.54, 1 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits outside the cheap window, which opens around 90 days before departure. There is no advantage to booking this minute.
Which departure day costs least
Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.
- €11.88Sun
- €11.88Mon
- €11.88Tue
- €11.88Wed
- €11.88Thu
- €11.88Fri
- €11.88Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
Picton
Ferry
- Bluebridge Ferry Picton Terminal
- Interislander Ferry Picton Terminal
- PICTON
Wellington
Ferry
- WELLINGTON
- Wellington Harbour Ferry
- Wellington Interislander Terminal
What the journey looks like
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 67 km against 64 km in a straight line, a detour of 5 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- First and last departure
- The first service of the day leaves Picton at 06:05 and the last at 06:18, across 2 departures The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
Questions about Picton to Wellington
The questions people actually ask about this trip, answered from the same prices and times the page above is built on rather than written once and left to go stale.
How long does the Ferry from Picton to Wellington take?
The Ferry from Picton to Wellington takes 3h 46m door to door, of which 2h 16m is spent moving. The route runs 67 km. The difference between the two times is reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end, which every time on this page includes.
How much does the Ferry from Picton to Wellington cost?
The Ferry from Picton to Wellington starts at €11.88 for one passenger, as of September 17, 2026. A typical fare is €11.88. Both are the total including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so the price here is the price at checkout.
Who runs the Ferry from Picton to Wellington?
2 operators run the Ferry from Picton to Wellington: KiwiRail, Strait Shipping. Between them they file around 2 departures a day. The operator table on this page compares them on fare, journey time, cruising speed, fare conditions and what is provided on board.
Which terminal does the Ferry from Picton to Wellington use?
The Ferry from Picton to Wellington leaves from Bluebridge Ferry Picton Terminal and arrives at WELLINGTON. Allow about 1h 30m for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one. That time is already inside every door to door figure quoted on this page.
When should I book the Ferry from Picton to Wellington?
Fares for the Ferry from Picton to Wellington bottom out around 90 days ahead, at €11.88. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 14 percent, measured on September 17, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Ferry from Picton to Wellington produce?
The Ferry from Picton to Wellington produces about 7.7 kg of CO2 per passenger over 67 km, which works out at roughly 115 grams per passenger kilometer. That figure is for the whole journey and for one traveler, not for the vehicle.
What is provided on board the Ferry from Picton to Wellington?
Operators on the Ferry from Picton to Wellington publish Bar, Bicycles, Cabins, Cafe, Restaurant, Restrooms. That is what 2 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 3h 46m door to door. Where a carrier publishes nothing, this page lists nothing for it.
Where these numbers come from
Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance on this page are real and come from open data. Where a corridor has a filed timetable the departure times are real too, and ferry fares are the prices the operators publish themselves.
Derived from service area No carrier record names this exact pair. The operators listed publish a service area covering both places at a distance their mode plausibly carries people, which is evidence that the corridor is served and not evidence of a specific service. Pages state which, because presenting the two as the same thing would be dishonest.
Where no operator publishes a fare for a corridor, the price here is our own estimate, worked out from the real distance and the real operator through a fare curve that follows lead time, day of the week and season. It tells you roughly what the journey costs. It is not a seat anyone has agreed to sell, and the payment step will not take it.
Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon
- On this page
- Every figure above was computed for Picton to Wellington on September 17, 2026: 67 km of route against 64 km in a straight line, 2 services a day, 2 operators a cheapest fare of €11.88, and 3h 46m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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